Writing Sample–Part 5

Here is an excerpt from Chapter One of Ocean of Insight: A Climate Justice Memoir. To read from the beginning, go to my June 5th posting. The book's development is crowd-sourced so I encourage your comments--H “Bad news,” I announce. “The tackle is in pieces. We need a shackle to…
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Writing Sample–Part 4

Ocean of Insight: A Climate Justice Memoir is a book in development. Here is the next excerpt from Chapter One. (You'll find the chapter begins on the June 5th posting.) Enjoy the adventure--H Although we’ve owned boats and sailed for nearly thirty-five years, Dave and I are barely prepared for…
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Plums

Here is a poem by William Carlos Williams. It speaks beautifully of the guilt of privilege and the hunger for forgiveness. I have eaten the plums in the ice box, which you were probably saving for breakfast. They were delicious, So sweet and so cold. Forgive me.
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Writting Sample Part 3

Here is the next excerpt from Chapter One, Ocean of Insight, a memoir in the works. You'll find the beginning of the tale in the posting on June 5--H Confused, I drop down the companionway ladder to lay hands on nautical charts with the phone number of BASRA Headquarters. The…
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Writing Sample Part 2

Here's the continuation of yesterday's post, a story from my current book project: Ocean of Insight. I encourage your comments and suggestions. Thanks, H Chapter One (continued) The temperature is dropping noticeably and sky and ocean froth in the same, dim-soviet color palate. If the storm hadn’t come so quickly…
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A Writing Sample for your Comment

Ocean of Insight is a book in the works, a climate change memoir of my time living with the wilderness. I offer this excerpt for your comment in the spirit of crowd-sourcing its development. Cheers--H December 31, 2008--Tilloo Cay, Bahamas The sun is setting as the storm builds, the sailboat…
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Keep On

Keep on listening to the cry of the world. Press on in the medium of your life. You will be imperfect in your actions, but your compassion and strong desire to act on behalf of others will guide you toward skillful means. Touch seeds of courage when not understood by…
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Mother Earth’s Prayer

Meaning no sacrilege, I offer this prayer to help us honor and awaken to the primacy of sacred creation. Mother Earth's Prayer Our Planet, beneath our feet, Hallowed be thy name. Nature’s Order abounds, Nature’s Laws govern all, On earth and in society’s relationships and systems. Give us this day…
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Stopping. Looking.

Where are you on the voyage of earth healing? How have you moved away from a culture of violence, greed, consumption, and indifference toward individual, societal, and planetary well-being? How do you embody peace and healing today? In what way are you still a part of the problem? How can…
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